(Sexy Boy- Air)
(Liar- Paramore)
SERAFINA'S POV-
I stand guarded as the large, tall copycat looks at me with an annoyed expression "how can you trust her?" he growled as I felt my body take a step back ready to leave.
"Miguel please" I felt a large hand on my back stopping me, the black and white man squinting his eyes softly at me, for some reason I felt a sense of comfort but feeling it wash away quickly as I felt a pair of cold eyes blaring at the hand at the small of my back.
I just realized I haven't known his name this entire time, they have Peters, but he is a Miguel? Strange.
"Noir" Miguel spoke as he took a step closer to me.
"Look, we have spoken to her about the outcome if she does end up screwing us over, she knows she will be locked up and never see her dimension again-," Peter began as Miguels scoffs.
"And what makes you believe she even wants to see it again?"
"Because... I know" Noir spoke from beside me "why would she fight so hard to escape us time and time again, I put myself in her shoes, and I've come to the conclusion that if I was a villain I wouldn't want to go back to a place where the once hero that takes time out of his day to capture me-."
"And what if her Spider-Man is dead?" Miguel glared at me "what if they're dead and she's looking for the next place to have under her palm? Or what if she wants to return so bad to finish them off?" Noir was cut off by Miguels questioning as he glancing down at me his hand cold on my back as he squeezes it softly "have you thought that maybe she came here on purpose knowing the society exist? Or that this can be her way to know all of our secrets?"
Before he can finish what he says I take a step forward "he's not, and I hate to burst your bubble, but I have no interest in any of your worlds, or any of you... I just want to go home."
"I won't trust you on your words just because you say so, if you wanted to go home straight away you would've answered my questions a long time ago Llorona" he spat out his mouth getting up and close at me as I glare at him.
"You came at me with violence!" I raised my voice.
"Oh? You wanted to be welcomed with balloons and a banner" he looked down at me as I raise my chin ready to spit on that disgusting smirk he's aiming in my direction.
"Vete a la verga pinche-," I held my tongue feeling my hands slowly forming a fist as I try to calm myself.
"Calm down" Noir pushed us apart as I raise my hands over my head breathing in slowly trying gain control of the anger rising within me.
This was a bad idea.
He isn't going to agree with this.
"No, he's not" Venom spoke within me as I shake my head "we should run while we still can."
Where?
I glance around as my eyes fall towards Peter who's already looking at me, his arms low as he moves them up and down trying to help me calm me down.
"This is what Peter, and I were talking about Miguel" Noir raised his voice "how will we get the answers we need when you can't let it go just until we can send her back home."
"I thought you would understand my hostility more than the others Noir" Miguel looked down at him, I see Noir's body stiffen "you cannot trust these monsters so easily."
"But I want to, and I am, because in the end it's not about us or our past or the things we have all witness... It's about us saving the Multiverse and saving a person that is in need of it" Noir mumbled Miguel looks behind him and stares at me.
"She isn't a person... I won't refuse to help our own and their dimension so that is the only reason I will be accepting this deal" Miguel scowled at me as I felt my body tense up again "not because I believe this thing deserves a second chance."
"So, she can stay?"
"I prefer her to be locked up, but since you both seem adamant to not treat her as an animal, she must stay in my room until you guys come back to question her."
"I mean you can question her if you'd like-," Peter began as I rolled my eyes.
"I agreed to you both not him" I mumbled as Noir turns to me before nodding.
"I would feel more comfortable doing that, I just don't want them to go at each other's throats while we are gone."
"Please she'll be locked up before she can even lay her hands on me" Miguel smirked in my direction.
"Whatever old man" I whispered underneath my breath.
"She can stay in the corner of my room as I work, lock the room once I'm not present, and whenever she becomes a hassle she falls on you guys" he pointed to Peter and Noir.
"I don't need a babysitter I can stay alone and follow these rules that you've created" I look at him.
"Well, I don't trust you, haven't we already discussed that? You can roam around the facility under mines or their supervision, if you behave you might get better treatment which I doubt."
"This certainly feels like imprisonment" I turn my head up and to the side as I look at Noir.
"It's better than that small box" he whispered as I nod slowly.
"And her meals?" Miguel spoke between us "she might starve to death since we don't serve our own."
"I like pop tarts, I can survive off that" Venoms voice made Peter jump lightly.
"I don't really care for your survival if anything it's better for you to make your way out of Llorona so this can be easier for us."
"No" I felt my body tense once again "you said-."
"I know he didn't mean it" Peter spoke up.
"Oh, I meant it, but apparently you're too addicted to this Symbiote that you can't separate yourself with it just like Venom and Eddie in Earth-96283" Miguel mumbled before turning his attention away from me.
"What are pop-tarts anyways?" Noir asked.
"They're like a thin wrapped tarts with chocolate filling or anything fruity filling, back in my earth it's one of the best snacks a person can eat-," Venoms voice spoke loudly as I quickly let out a cough "sorry, sometimes I forget I'm loud when I get excited and my girl doesn't like it" his head warped outside of the body talking to Noir.
The sound of a child like giggle rang around us as I feel my body tense as I felt something small and heavy land on my head "I am so sorry-," Peter reached out to me as I take a step back "my kid... she just began walking" his eyes widened as I sense his nerves skyrocket as the child begins yanking at my hair as I grimace, I begin raising my hands to grab her off me before Noir grabs her and hands her to Peter as they turn to me with a look I know to well...
"You shouldn't bring her here anymore with this one around" Miguel spoke as I fist at my hands "you shouldn't have even been bringing her here in the first place."
"Yeah..." Peter glanced at me as he walked out the room mumbling under his breath as his hands shake lightly.
"Don't go near that child" Miguel turned his back to me as I stay quiet.
"We weren't going to harm her" I decided to speak up as Miguel scoffs under his breath as I glance at Noir who apparently doesn't give a shit about his staring problem.
"I doubt it," he mumbled as I felt my morals be picked at.
"I would never hurt a kid."
"We can't be too sure of that."
"I- I..." I stopped myself wondering what I was trying to gain from talking to him.
"Cat got your tongue Llorona" Miguel turned to me with that smirk.
"Here" Noir's voice spoke as he gestured me to sit down in a corner of the room.
"Don't touch any of my things here" Miguel mumbled annoyed before putting his attention back to the small figure of the hologram in front of him "find out about this- and this- no that's not-," he went on about whatever he was working on as my attention went back to the black and white man in front of me putting on his mask and sighing.
"I'll be back in the morning, I have to go back to my dimension and make sure everything is okay" he looked down at me as I glance around the room as silence filled all around us "don't cause any trouble, Peter and I are reliable for you, and if Miguel starts anything just suck it up and agree with him." I felt my lips open as he holds a finger in my direction "No... I don't know how much he will last in this agreement if you guys are at each other's throats while we are gone, I know you want to go home, but he's your way back," I nodded softly as I try to push back Venoms nudges "we need more information on you, your world, and your Spider-Man, okay? Anything small will be perfect for us" his eye mask furrow lightly "I will write down a list and send it back to Miguel so if he comes to you just answer, or if you feel the questions are to invasive don't, I know sharing details is... hard... especially some that might come up if we still can't find your dimension, just work with us" I knew he logic made sense, I knew I would have to answer to get back home, but I didn't want to answer to the copycat, I didn't need him to judge me for anything.
"I'll wait for you or Peter to come back to tell you my answers" I looked at him as he sighs "you promised."
"I did," he sighed as he raised his hands over his head and scratch it in the process "I did... but please, if they are easy questions just give Miguel answers okay?"
I turn my head from looking at him and sigh "already breaking promises with us?" venoms head stook out as I roll my eyes "lying to us already? What's next? Locking us up forever?"
"Enough Venom," I mumbled.
"But-."
"Enough... I'll do it and I'll quit it as soon as he starts pissing us off," I mumbled as Noir nods.
"That's good we are making progress already-."
"Progress my ass" Venom spat as he covers my face with his "I will kill you first if anything happens to her-."
"Nothing will happen to her" Noir raised his voice lightly as Venom lets out gruff.
"I don't believe them" He thought "we don't have a choice right now" I thought back.
We were now left alone with just the knockoff only a few feet away making himself look busy as I turn my back to him and walk to a corner trying to create as much distance as possible, I sit on the floor with the questions in my hand. It was now just Venom and I in our own head speaking to one another, mainly him complaining about our circumstances and how hungry he is.
"I really miss Peter," I thought.
"Well, you shouldn't," Venom spoke back to me in a hushed tone.
"You think he's searching for us right about now?"
"Of course... he's probably going crazy right about now."
I stare at the wall in front of me, my chest heavy and uncomfortable, I use my right-hand rubbing circles to my chest "he lied, they lied to me." It dawns on me, every emotion I've been pushing away since I've been here are slowly rising back up. My memories becoming clearer with each passing second, the lies that left their lips so easily "he's running late because of his work," they would say constantly, "It's okay Sara he just bruises easily, he fell," every time he showed up painted with bruises.
God... Why couldn't they just tell me the truth? Why keep everything from me. Me from all people? I wasn't going to tell the world Peter's true identity, why couldn't they trust me enough with his secret? Why couldn't He trust me enough with it?
... If he only showed up earlier that day, on any of those days. He was our hero, He was theirs and still he couldn't save them from their fate, the 2 people we loved so deeply are gone and he was there during both those deaths.
I don't know if I hate him... I can't bring myself to hate him, but I want to so bad. I want to be angry at him, I want to yell at him, scream in agony to his face, blame him for everything that caused me to turn into what I am now, blame him for making our world less colorful, less bearable to live through it, I want to hate him. I don't want to forgive him for what he left me with.
But when I'm reminded of my home I picture running back into his arms and apologizing for the pain I caused him, to beg him for forgiveness and to end me right then and there, I also see me rushing to him with my fist full of betrayal and anger. For his lies and theirs. For him not showing for the times that mattered the most.
I picture too many outcomes that I'm not sure which one I want to choose.
"I like the one of us hitting him," venom mumbled as I blink away my tears still staring at the wall, the questions in my hand still unanswered.
I'm not sure how long I was in this trance, sometimes they can go on for a few minutes and sometimes for hours on end. I look behind me seeing the room now darker the only light source will be Miguels hologram screens, Miguel was no longer in site. I don't try to move, I know the doors are locked and of course they have cameras all over the place. I won't fight anymore; I'm all out of fight right about this moment I just want to go home. Once I return I want to sleep on the living room floor and visit Dante and Olivia, maybe sleep on their graves and beg for their forgiveness. And that's what I do, I lay down on the cold floor staring at the same old wall as before and imagining that dream.
MIGUEL'S POV-
"Has she moved since yesterday afternoon?" I ask Lyla, I'm walking quickly to my room where la Llorona is currently residing in, I was called to Web-slingers universe to help stop another one of his villains trying to break through the multiverse then Earth-616/19999 little brat keeps messing up the timeline, I can't even get started with his punisher constantly involving himself in every situation. With how long I've gone I was expecting Venom to be long gone or threatening to eat someone, but nothing it has been radio silent from Lyla. They have done nothing but stay in that stupid corner they crawled to while I was present, no movement, just staring at the blank wall with nothing leaving their lips.
"She answered all the questions Noir has given her and has been nonresponsive since then, she has moved to laying on the floor, how about when you get back we have her shower and sleep on a bed?" Lyla offered as I roll my eyes.
"This isn't a hotel."
"That's the least you can do after you went into her personal memories Miguel," He little self-showed up in front of me as I swat her from my face annoyed "she is a girl after all, she needs to eat as well."
"Yeah and who should we feed them?" I asked sarcastically.
"Miguel!" I don't turn around to know it was Peter B running to catch up to me, my steps slowing down for him to reach me as he comes into view with wagon in tow filled with boxes of some type of food "I got as many as I could for Venom, where is she at?" he looks around me out of breath, fixing his shoe.
"I had things to do so I left her in my room I'm heading that way."
"Oh, great I heard she finished the answers, so I brought over some more for our research, do you think we need to collect some particles from her? Maybe even take her to where the portal opened get an exact location?"
I glance down at him and do a simple nod; the doors slide open as I turn my attention to the corner seeing Venom lay down slowly lifting her body going back to her sitting position she has before I left her. Peter looks at me with a worried expression "She hasn't moved since I left," I shrugged.
Peter shakes his head softly as he makes his way to her, me close behind him in case she lunges, she turns to us her face in view, she had no expression, her hair was cascaded around her like a blanket, her eyebags visibly with a red tint to them, her nose as well. She looked horrible. Like death was knocking at her door. I try to hide my expressions as she grabs the paper handing it to Peter before turning her attention back to the wall showing us she had no interest in talking.
"I brought you some food, and some clothes MJ sent to you," Peter spoke quietly as she nods not acknowledging his presence "look venom I brought you some pop tarts."
"Awh hell yeah," His face morphs from her shoulder her body swaying lightly as she grabs a box before he starts eating.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"She's tired is all, do we need to answer anything, I can speak for her."
"We want to speak to her not you," I grumbled annoyed.
"Well, she's not home right now, and for your information We don't want to speak to you."
"What do you mean she's not home?" Peter asked.
"She's in a trance, her body does this often when her emotions become to much for her heart, I would like her to have these moments of peace before she comes back to reality," Venom mumbled sighing "you know we aren't bad right? At least she's not, if there is a chance she can make it back let her go back, I don't trust you guys one bit," he glares at us "I know you'll keep be here and frankly I'm fine with that, but she won't leave me behind no matter what..." silence is how we answered to him.
We've met many forms of his Symbiote, many of which were selfish, all parasites making their host believe they are in this life together, but in reality they just need a compatible host to live for as long as they'd like. I don't believe his words, even if this is the first time I heard one of them not being selfish, it could be a manipulation tactic for him to make us have sympathy towards it, and I'm not buying it.
"I'm strong, stronger than the ones you come a crossed, I know that for the sole reason of you not being able to separate us, so why not make it easier for your decision to just keep us together," and there it is his selfishness coming back into light "she won't let me go she'll die trying to keep us together so might as well keep us, if not leave me and take her and don't let her know." We stare at him confused at his words as he keeps eating like he didn't just say something that made me rethink their actions. Peter turns to me with slightly wide eyes as we make our way to the platform, I cross my arms over my chest before sighing rubbing my head with the conversation had with us.
"Miguel-," I hold my hand to cut off Peter.
"No, we can not..." I mumbled as he takes a step towards me.
"This is new, brand new, something neither of us have witness since what? Ever? Here we have a Symbiote sacrificing themselves for their host, to make a truce for their host and not themselves, that is something new and unpredictable, I have to tell Noir immediately-."
"No, no, no, it can just all be a trick," I sigh "It can be fake promises so we can trust it, to trust them, I'm not risking it because its new, now ask them new questions and get them to clean themselves up, do not bring this new information to anyone, you hear me?" I ordered.
Peter looks at me with a conflicted gaze fighting a war inside his brain to my words "I-," I tilt my head to his words.
"I asked if you heard me?" I raised my voice as he nods unsure at his actions.
I sit on my chair as I glance at Peter walking towards Venom as you see the light form in her eyes as she nods at the words being spoken to her as they walk out of the room leaving me alone with my thoughts and venoms words.
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Author
Hello everyone long time no see... Tehehe sorry I've changed the names in the fanfic and I'm adding more to the characters I'm debating to add tom hollands Spiderman into this universe/story due to the same type of story ground. I've reread and changed some of the storyline and I will uploading a chapter 3 a week for sure! I'm adding as much as I can because I've really missed writing this fanfic.
I missed you all and love you see you tomorrow :3